Chapter 1383: Zhennan Hou

"Do you know where the battlefield of this last battle is?" Jiang Cheng sensed a subtle aura from Shopkeeper Qian's narrative, and related to recent encounters, Jiang Cheng identified the Marquis of Zhennan and the former guard General Guo There must be some unknown connection between them, and it may not be as simple as the treasure in the lake.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Shopkeeper Qian opened his eyes slightly, "Why, sir, you don't know? The last battle broke out on Spring God Lake. It was a water battle. It is said that it started late at night. The place was remote. The people in our city didn't know it, but the next day before dawn, a group of light cavalry came on horseback, opened the city gate, and welcomed the army into the city. Only then did we know that General Guo had been defeated. Later, the rumors became more and more popular. "Many, it is said that General Guo and his most powerful retinue were killed by the Marquis on the Spring God Lake, and the blood dyed the lake red that night."

It's Spring God Lake again... All the spearheads and clues are pointing here. Before Jiang Cheng could think about it, suddenly, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

Jiang Cheng glanced at it pretending to be casual. It was a text message from the fat man, asking him to hurry up. After delaying for so long, the soldiers sent by the Hou Mansion had become suspicious.

Boss Qian seemed to know this much, and there was no point in asking any more questions. Jiang Cheng looked at Shopkeeper Qian with a half-smile, thinking in his mind that he must seal his mouth, "Shopkeeper Qian, tell me everything you know. , I’m very happy, but do you know what the old man would think if he knew you knew so much?”

Shopkeeper Qian's face turned pale, and he looked at Jiang Cheng with eyes full of fear, "Sir, please don't worry, God knows this, you know it, I know it, and to tell you the truth, after today, I plan to close this store. I will go home to farm and never come back.

"Shopkeeper Qian, you are a smart man. You understand some things even if I don't tell you. In this world, sometimes you can be a little confused... Haha, it's not a bad thing." Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes, and his tone was half threatening and half advising.

"understand!"

"Also, if you want to close the store, I won't stop you, but not today, not tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Qian thought for a moment and immediately understood, "I understand, sir, I understand. I will close the store just after you arrived today. I'm not sure others will think of it. You are still thoughtful."

Shopkeeper Qian was quite flattered by Jiang Cheng's "care". He immediately turned around and rummaged around the counter. Then he walked back quickly, took out two silver ingots from his cuffs, and stuffed them into Jiang Cheng's hands with a smile on his face, "Sir My kindness will never be forgotten, and I hope that the adults...the adults can give the villain a chance to show filial piety.

Seeing that shopkeeper Qian was so sensible, Jiang Cheng reluctantly accepted it. As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps outside. The former soldier came and opened the door. After seeing Jiang Cheng, the soldier Only after his nervous expression calmed down, the fat man chased after Fu Bing, "What are you doing running so fast? You can't lose me. My stomach still hurts."

Shopkeeper Qian immediately recognized the special pattern on the soldiers' bodies, which was the symbol of the Zhennan Hou Mansion. Seeing how polite the soldiers were to Jiang Cheng, Shopkeeper Qian was even more sure that this outstanding-looking young man came from the Hou Mansion, and he was also There are quite a few positions.

Without talking to shopkeeper Qian, Fatty Jiangcheng left together with the soldiers. Fatty complained that he had a stomachache and couldn't walk, so the three of them chose a resting place and drank a pot of tea to rest slowly.

When the time was almost up, the three of them rushed to the agreed place to meet up. Zhang Qizheng, Yao, Shunyu, Li Bai, and Zhao Zhishou arrived one after another. Among them, Li Bai was holding a few small packages in his hands.

At this time, the sky slowly became gloomy. It was supposed to be 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but it seemed that it had already entered the night. After returning to the Hou Mansion, the long-lost feeling of suffocation hit me again. The fat man looked everywhere with vigilant eyes. There were only two rows of paper lanterns hanging in the huge Marquis Mansion. The lanterns were dark red and swayed slightly in the wind, like dead eyes with widened eyes.

Not long after they entered the house, they bumped into General Yuwen. The general told them that the remaining people had already met the Marquis. Now that it was getting late, he asked them to stay in the mansion peacefully. He also reminded them that the Marquis would send someone later. Someone came to summon them, and immediately arranged for someone to take them to their residence to rest.

The so-called residence was relatively remote, and no one could be seen along the way. After passing through several long corridors, they came to a separate courtyard. The person who brought them stopped not far from the courtyard door and raised his hand to look in. With one finger, he said, "Masters, you will stay here tonight. After entering, just walk along the light of the lantern until you reach the end."

After speaking, Jiang Cheng and the others left in a hurry without waiting for their reaction, and disappeared within a few breaths.

The fat man stretched his head and glanced into the yard, and immediately shrank his neck. The expressions of several people in Jiangcheng also became strange, because this yard was different from all the places they had passed before. The lanterns in this yard were White, big white lanterns swayed in the night wind, like pale human faces.

"Don't go in yet, I'll make a call." Jiang Cheng took out his cell phone, thought for a moment, and chose to call Zhu Jie. After receiving a positive reply, Jiang Cheng and his party walked into the courtyard.

Under the pale light, everyone walked nervously for a while, and finally found a brightly lit room. The door of the room was open at the moment, and Zhu Jie and Tang Qisheng were standing behind the door waiting for them.

Entering the room, the remaining Lu Qin and Shao Tong were also present. Now everyone was reunited. Tang Qisheng closed the door and called everyone to sit down at the table.

"How is it, what clues did you find?" Tang Qisheng asked, his face was not very good, obviously it was not going well during this period.

"Let's talk about you first, I heard that you met the Marquis of Zhennan." Jiang Cheng pushed the question back calmly. He could share the clues in his hands. After all, the current situation was not optimistic, but he hoped that the other party would give him the same sincerity in return.

Fortunately, Tang Qisheng did not care and nodded slightly, "Not long after you left, we were called in. This Marquis of Zhennan was very strange. He met us through a layer of gauze curtain, and he was wearing a mask on his face. No, to be precise, it was half a mask, which only covered his right face."

After a pause, Tang Qisheng lowered his voice: "Also, what we can't understand the most is that this Marquis of Zhennan, who is said to be a brave general on the battlefield and has made great contributions to breaking the city, is actually a very thin man. He sat there with clothes on, and the whole person couldn't even hold up the clothes. He was almost motionless, as if there was no body under the clothes, but a skeleton."